Democratic Republic of Vietnam

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communist state former sovereign state socialist state

The Democratic Republic of Vietnam was the communist state in northern Vietnam that led the struggle against the United States and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War and later unified the country under its rule.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
North Vietnam 28
Democratic Republic of Vietnam government 2
Democratic Republic of Viet Nam 1
North Vietnam and Viet Cong 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist state ⓘ
former sovereign state ⓘ
socialist state ⓘ
achievedUnification 1975-04-30 ⓘ
alliedWith Eastern Bloc ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Soviet Union ⓘ
borderedBy Cambodia ⓘ
Gulf of Tonkin ⓘ
Laos ⓘ
China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam
capital Hanoi ⓘ
capitalAfter1954 Hanoi ⓘ
capitalTerritory Hanoi ⓘ
claimedTerritory entire territory of Vietnam ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
controlledTerritory Tonkin ⓘ
surface form: northern Vietnam
conventionalLongName Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-link ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam
currency Vietnamese đồng ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnamese dong
dateDissolved 1976-07-02 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1945-09-02 ⓘ
dateProclaimed 1945-09-02 ⓘ
event Proclamation of independence from France and Japan on 2 September 1945 ⓘ
firstPresident Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
firstPrimeMinister Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
flagDescription red field with a large yellow five‑pointed star in the center ⓘ
founder Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
governmentType single‑party socialist republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
lastPresident Ton Duc Thang ⓘ
lastPrimeMinister Pham Van Dong ⓘ
leaderDuringVietnamWar Ho Chi Minh ⓘ
Le Duan ⓘ
legislature National Assembly of Vietnam ⓘ
locatedIn Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Indochina

Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
mergedInto Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
militaryWing People's Army of Vietnam ⓘ
nationalAnthem Tien Quan Ca ⓘ
officialLanguage Vietnamese ⓘ
opponentInWar France ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: State of Vietnam

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
participatedIn First Indochina War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
postUnificationRole northern component of unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
predecessor Empire of Vietnam ⓘ
French Indochina ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
resultOf August Revolution ⓘ
rulingParty Communist Party of Vietnam ⓘ
shortName DRV ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Vietnam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: North Vietnam
signedAgreement Geneva Accords ⓘ
surface form: Geneva Accords of 1954

Paris Peace Accords negotiations on the Vietnam War ⓘ
surface form: Paris Peace Accords of 1973
statusAfter1954GenevaAccords controlled northern Vietnam ⓘ
successor Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
supportedOrganization Viet Cong ⓘ
warAim unification of Vietnam under communist rule ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geneva Accords → signatory → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Nguyễn dynasty → successor → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Protectorate of Annam → successor → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Tonkin → successor → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Tonkin → successor → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Vietnam
Viet Cong → supportedBy → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
Viet Cong → supportedBy → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam → surrenderedTo → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Vietnam
Le Duc Tho → workedFor → Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Republic of Vietnam government